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THERMOPLASTIC FILM DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT 32 Sheets-Sheet 20 OriginalFiled Aug. 25, 1958

1. IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE, THE COMBINATION OF AN IMPRESSIONABLE SOLIDTHEREMOPLASTIC FILM RECORDING MEDIUM, AN ELECTRON WRITING APPARATUS FORIMPRESSING ELECTRONS ON SAID IMPRESSIONABLE SOLID THERMOPLASTICRECORDING MEDIUM IN DESIRED PATTERNS TO FORM PERMANENT LIGHT MODIFYINGGRATINGS THEREON, READOUT MEANS FOR INSPECTING SAID IMPRESSIONABLERECORDING MEDIUM HAVING LIGHT MODIFYING GRATINGS FORMED THEREON ININTELLIGENCE CONVEYING PATTERNS BY ELECTRON WRITING FOR DERIVING ANOUTPUT ELECTRIC SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF SUCH INTELLIGENCE, SAID READOUTMEANS COMPRISING AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR PROJECTING AN OPTICAL IMAGE OFTHE INTELLIGENCE PATTERNS FORMED ON THE IMPRESSIONABLE MEDIUM, COLORSEPARATING MEANS, AND ELECTRON OPTICAL MEANS POSITIONED TO VIEW SUCHPROJECTED OPTICAL IMAGE THROUGH SAID COLOR SEPARATING MEANS FOR DERIVINGOUTPUT ELECTRIC SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTELLIGNECE FORMED INSAID PATTERNS, AUTOMATIC POSITIONING MEANS FOR MOVING SAIDIMPRESSIONABLE MEDIUM IN TWO